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Brookfield Zoo - Tropic World

July 2008. Pygmy hippo.

Brookfield Zoo - Tropic World
snowleopard, 3 Aug 2008
    • snowleopard
      July 2008. Pygmy hippo.
      3 Aug 2008
    • snowleopard
      The pygmy hippo pool in Tropic World reminds me of the space for the same species in Omaha's Lied Jungle, although I think that Omaha's is slightly more realistic in terms of the terrain. Tropic World does have a regular rainfall, as some sort of sprinkler system opens up the heavens and pours down on the animals.
      13 Mar 2009
    • PAT
      So that accounts for the slime growing on the log above this pygmy hippos head. :)
      14 Mar 2009
    • snowleopard
      That's right Pat...haha! I was in the building when the rainstorm came pounding down and it is a spectacular sight for zoo visitors. All of the animals hid in nooks and crannies and waited until the rain stopped, and then afterwards the building was quiet once again.
      14 Mar 2009
    • Animaldude
      Adelle, the zoo's elderly pygmy hippo
      14 Jul 2009
    • wilson
      Adelle was moved to the pachyderm house this summer. Tropic World no longer exhibits pachyderms.
      7 Jan 2013
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